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Jesse Partridge


Jesse Partridge was born in Kitty Hawk on April 3, 1839 and died in Dare Co., NC on Feb. 26, 1907.  He was the son of Willis G. & Elizabeth Partridge.  Jesse was appointed as the Lighthouse Keeper of the Kill Devil Hills station on Dec. 9, 1878 and resigned from the service on Sept. 28, 1899.  He first married Letitia Sibbern (1830-1872) before c1861 and they had 4 children.
   1) William T. Partridge (1862-1867)
   2) James Willis Partridge (1865-1872)
   3) E. Van Buren Partridge (1867-1870)
   4) Elizabeth "Bettie" Partridge (1870-1943) - married William Thomas Tillett

Jesse married Rutha A. Myers (1839-1881) in East Lake on July 29, 1872 and they had 3 children.
   1) George Partridge (1873-1892)
   2) William "Bill" Partridge (1874-1938) - married Dencie Flora Etheridge
   3) Joseph Etheridge "Joe" Partridge (1875-1933) - married Mincie D. Twiford

Jesse married Florence M. Tillett (1868-1908) on May 8, 1884 and they had 12 children.
   1) Lilly May Partridge (1885-1892)
   2) Jesse James Partridge (1886-1954) - married 1st Flora ???; 2nd Nancy Elizabeth Hudson
   3) C.H. Partridge [male] (1888-1888)
   4) Hattie Virginia Partridge (1889-1956) - married 1st George Washington Mann; 2nd William Henry Mann (brother of George)
   5) Florence Partridge (1891-1891)
   6) John L. Partridge (1892-1903)
   7) Carry K. Partridge (1894-1894)
   8) Albert (listed as Aldabaron on some records) Oliver Partridge (1895-1933) - married 1st Rodanthe Hines; 2nd Mary ??? [see his death certificate]
   9) Willis Gallop Partridge (1897-1963) - married Mattie Mae Forrest
 10) Iodell Partridge (1899-1918) - married Joseph Hubert Daniels
 11) Stella Partridge (1903-1903)
 12) John Randolph Partridge (1904-1969) - married Freda Phipps

Joseph E. & Mincie (Twiford) Partridge

Joseph Etheridge Partridge, son of Jesse Partridge and Rutha A. Myers, was born in Kitty Hawk, Currituck County, on Nov. 2, 1875 and died Jan. 27, 1933.  He married Mincie D. Twiford in 1902.  Mincie was born on Nov. 7, 1885 and died Dec. 21, 1960.  To them were born seven children:
   1) Ruth Mae Partridge (1903-1941) married Mahlon Brooks Midgett
   2) Carrie K. Partridge (1905-1990) married Milton Thomas Culpepper
   3) Oscar C. Partridge (1907-1933) never married
   4) Irma L. Partridge (1910-1983) married William Thomas Beacham, II
   5) Della Bateman Partridge (1912-1944) married Reuben Benjamin Haskett, Sr.
   6) Ira Vernon Partridge (1914-1981) married Bessie Emma Jane Tillett
   7) Josephine Etheridge Partridge (1917-1979) married Jackson Sanderlin Twiford, Jr.

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